Religious Studies - year 8

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

-Martin Luther King Jr – 

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Identity and Religion
  • Religion and Suffering
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Parables and Miracles
  • Ethics
  • To understand how and why identity is complicated.
  • Am I......My looks?
  • Identity based on decision and relationships as well as identity in Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism.
  • Does suffering make it impossible to believe in God?
  • Natural or Moral suffering(evil).
  • The different ways religions will deal with the issue of suffering and their belief in a benevolent God (Christianity, Judaism, Islam etc)or no God (Buddhism, Humanism).
  • Religion different from others previously studied.
  • The nature of the different gods.
  • Worship in the Mandir.
  • The Caste system
  • Birth and Death Ceremonies
  • Hindu pilgrimage as well as looking at some of the key festivals e.g. Diwali.
  • The 5 Pillars of Islam.
  • Muslim worship especially prayer and wudu.
  • The Mosque, the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims
  • The Jihad.
  • The main Parable and Miracles of Jesus as found in the New Testament.
  • Parables include: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Sheep and the Goats.
  • Pupils look at how the teaching can be applied to today’s society.
  • Miracles studied are: the healing of the Blind man.
  • Walking on Water and the Raising of Lazarus.
  • Pupils consider what these teach about who Jesus was.
  • How and why people make ethical decisions.
  • Ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kant, Situation Ethics and Christian Ethics.
  • Pupils consider how they would use these theories in order to justify some ethical decisions e.g. Animal experimentation,
  • Should you always tell the truth?
  • Technology – Beauty or Beast?
DWS Life Learning Skills
Inquirers, Thinkers, Open-minded, Reflection
Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Identity and Religion
  • Religion and Suffering
  • To understand how and why identity is complicated.
  • Am I......My looks?
  • Identity based on decision and relationships as well as identity in Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism.
  • Does suffering make it impossible to believe in God?
  • Natural or Moral suffering(evil).
  • The different ways religions will deal with the issue of suffering and their belief in a benevolent God (Christianity, Judaism, Islam etc)or no God (Buddhism, Humanism).
DWS Life Learning Skills
Inquirers, Thinkers, Open-minded, Reflection
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Religion different from others previously studied.
  • The nature of the different gods.
  • Worship in the Mandir.
  • The Caste system
  • Birth and Death Ceremonies
  • Hindu pilgrimage as well as looking at some of the key festivals e.g. Diwali.
  • The 5 Pillars of Islam.
  • Muslim worship especially prayer and wudu.
  • The Mosque, the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims
  • The Jihad.
DWS Life Learning Skills
Inquirers, Thinkers, Open-minded, Reflection
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Parables and Miracles
  • Ethics
  • The main Parable and Miracles of Jesus as found in the New Testament.
  • Parables include: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Sheep and the Goats.
  • Pupils look at how the teaching can be applied to today’s society.
  • Miracles studied are: the healing of the Blind man.
  • Walking on Water and the Raising of Lazarus.
  • Pupils consider what these teach about who Jesus was.
  • How and why people make ethical decisions.
  • Ethical theories such as Utilitarianism, Kant, Situation Ethics and Christian Ethics.
  • Pupils consider how they would use these theories in order to justify some ethical decisions e.g. Animal experimentation,
  • Should you always tell the truth?
  • Technology – Beauty or Beast?
DWS Life Learning Skills
Inquirers, Thinkers, Open-minded, Reflection
CONTACT US

Darrick Wood School
Lovibonds Avenue,
Orpington,
Kent, BR6 8ER

01689 850271

office@darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk

Darrick Wood School is proud to be part of the Impact Multi Academy Trust
 
Impact Multi Academy Trust is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with number 07697400
 
Registered Office: Hawksbrook Lane, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3BE